Category: ‘Gap Year’

7th – 14th August Staying in the Bukit Bintang area of Kuala Lumpur (in three different Hotels) proved to be 100% better than our night in Chinatown the other week. There were better Hawker food stalls, there was still poverty Read More …

Mandy: Wednesday 7th August Déjà vu We bought some Tiger balm, before we left Brinchang to head back down to warmer climes. We had been warned that the route out of the highlands that we were taking would definitely make Read More …

Mandy: Monday 5th August Regarding the firework man….. We should be cross with him for making a noise in such a peaceful place but I guess you go a bit stir crazy up in the hills of the rain forest Read More …

Sunday 4th August       Mandy: I had the urge to run through the plantation shouting ‘PG TIPS!’ (chuckle) but thought better of it!  

Mandy: Saturday 3rd August Our coach journey was OK, nothing like I had worried about in my very over active imagination for the last two days and nothing like as bad as what people had put on trip adviser about Read More …

Mandy: 1st and 2nd August The sky was dark and the thunder and lightening was topping up my nerves nicely. (worried look) A lovely old Indian man with a white beard tied up with a scrunchy under his chin took Read More …

Mandy and Glen: 28th July – 1st August Hawker stall in Georgetown One of the Clan Jetties, Chinese homes on stilts, a water village. Our Hotel in Georgetown Penang, slumming it today! It was all I could do to stop Read More …

Mandy: Sunday 28th July General thoughts going around in my head over the past seven days. Probably best kept there rather than putting on the blog but here goes….. You haven’t got to read it, I won’t be testing you Read More …